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Doctor with OCD here. Like mentioned before, med school is so busy that I didn’t have time to entertain the intrusive thoughts and definitely the compulsions. In fact was quite therapeutic. Now working 7 years out I have more time and battling with it more because of it but it never interferes with my career. Absolutely love and blessed to be in this career. Arguably a better doctor because of it!
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Thank you so much for this! So helpful!!
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I believe you can do it! ☺️ I’m in nursing school right now and it honestly distracts me from my thoughts. Nursing is my passion and if you’re truly passionate about being a doctor GO FOR IT!
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Anyone can have any disorder. Doesn’t matter your occupation, gender, ethnicity, religion, sex, or sexuality.
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Not a doctor but I'm in medical school right now. My OCD got bad but only at the end of the year. I passed. I have decided to take the year off to better cope with it - I also had a lot going on besides OCD that got in the way from me continuing but in the end. Yes it's possible. I was so busy - I didn't have time for OCD haha I had some bad days but made sure I was in contact with the therapist throughout the year.
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I feel at some points, I had a little advantage because unlike some of my peers, I had gone through the ups and downs of being on a mental/emotional rollercoaster. Some students were new to all the overwhelming content that their anxiety got bad and they couldn't handle. So I guess you and only you can decide what you are ready for
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Thank you all!!!!
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It started when I became an adult, and started receiving my mental health diagnosis. I hyper fixated on each and every action I did and how it could be related to my diagnosis’s. It then lead to fixation to my physical health — making appointments and seeing every specialist I can to rule out every possibility. I currently have been suffering with obstructive sleep. I woke up the past few days with severe pain from the lack of sleep whilst believing I was oversleeping. Luckily my fit watch tracks my sleep cycle and it turns out I am not receiving any sleep. I had an extreme panic attack — bursting into tears on the phone with my mom wondering what this case might be. She told me it could be sleep apnea and that a simple sleep study could figure this out. However, knowing my family history I made appointments to every specialist I can to make sure it is nothing serious. The unknown of health can be scary to me. Watching my mother suffer with her physical health chronically since I was a child lead me to be very conscious and aware of how my body is functioning. This morning was one of the worst moments of physical pain. I should just take one step at a time with the sleep doctor instead of taking measures to see every specialist that could pertain with this issue. However, that is very hard to me. I don’t want to ever wake up in the pain I was this morning. Does anyone else suffer with health-related OCD? And if so, how do you find a sense of ease during moments like I expressed?
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Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.
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Recently, I’ve been struggling a ton with what I eat/put into my body? I’m a first year college student with a few different health issues (including IBS), and lately it’s been hard for me to find food on campus that doesn’t upset my stomach. I also have pretty severe emetophobia, and feel extremely anxious when I feel sick. The ironic thing is that being anxious makes me feel even worse, so I end up sticking myself in an impossible loophole. My OCD has taken hold of these fears over the past few months, and it’s been such a struggle. Especially since people have been getting food poisoning from various dining halls on my campus lately. My OCD has gotten so bad that sometimes I’m too afraid to eat food other than what I buy myself. I feel so trapped. I don’t want my OCD to affect my physical health or prevent me from eating, bc I love eating!! It’s the fear of getting sick that’s the problem. And it’s even harder when everything is so unfamiliar. Just wondering if anyone could relate. Advice is appreciated!
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